ANTs Software Inc. (fka ANTS)

[Froggy Likes Green]

IBM never really walked away, the deal just went stale... here is what the new CEO stated on 7/25 about the updated version.

"Dr. Kautzmann, III reviewed the ACS Advanced Architecture (AAA) with Don Haderle, the original architect of IBM’s DB2 data base. Mr. Haderle concluded that the ANTs Advanced Architecture (AAA) was the technically correct approach to universal and complete migration; not the previous ACS, that utilizes a non-semantic formal implementation in the AAS. The Early ACS Architecture (EAA) that was presented to IBM had implementation and performance issues in IBM’s test beds for IBM clients. Further discussion regarding the ACS Advanced Architecture (AAA) for IBM’s or others test beds will begin with the ANTs ACS Advanced Architecture (AAA) completion. This project should be completed in the next 90 to 120 days. Preliminary discussions with potential users of the AAA continue."

We want to hear about why 7 million bucks was thrown at these guys after IBM walked away several months ago?